2026-UNAT-1645, Clay Shiala Nsilu
The UNAT held that the former staff member filed his appeal within the statutory deadline.It noted that since he filed his application before the UNDT in French, the 60-day time limit for filing his appeal ran from the date of receipt of the UNDT Judgment in that same language.As he received the UNDT Judgment in French on 11 July 2025 and filed his appeal on 13 August 2025, the UNAT held that it was filed in a timely manner.
Nevertheless, the UNAT found that the former staff member’s application before the UNDT was not receivable.In this regard, the UNAT first rejected his contention...
2026-UNAT-1630, Saleh Hassane
The UNAT first held that the contested decision of 17 April 2011 did not constitute an appealable administrative decision and was not receivable ratione materiae, insofar as it merely advised the former staff member to go to the nearest UNHCR office and seek asylum or resettlement as a refugee.
Subsidiarily, even assuming that the e-mail of 17 April 2011 could have constituted a valid appealable administrative decision, the UNAT found that the former staff member’s application would nonetheless remain not receivable on two grounds. First, he did not request management evaluation of the...